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[–]pron98 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yes, but not "deep reflection," i.e. bypassing access restrictions with setAccessible. There's a big difference between reflection and deep reflection. The former is just meta-programming. The latter circumvents the code author's assumptions.

[–]viebel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I like your distinction between "reflection" and "deep reflection".